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October 18th 2006

Published: November 10th 2006

I somehow managed to drag myself at the train station 15 minutes before 6 but I won't lie and say it was painless. The bed was very comfy and it required all my willpower not to fall back to sleep. I asked around at the bus station for where the bus to Kaza was and everybody gave conflicting answer so for 15 mintues I was just walking around trying to find my bus. Then I found it. Apparently it le... Read Full Entry

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VictorT

Follow my adventures as I travel through Asia, the sub-continent, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe for a year or so. I'll be travelling solo, independantly and on a tight budget so it should be interesting. There's been a little change in my itinerary. I cannot get a Iran visa as a Canadian so I opted to fly to Athens from Mumbai. From there I'll go through the Balkans in about a month before heading south toward Cairo overland. I welcome any comments or constructive criticism.... full info

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From the monastery 4

From the monastery 5

Me!

Shiva faces

To ward off the evil spirits. Doesn't sound too buddhist to me.

On the way to Kibber

Some village whose name I forgot in the distance.

Kibber village

Notice the english slogans on the school. "Knowledge is power", "Avoid AIDS" and on the backside, the one I was not expecting to see in a Buddhist school: "Time is money".

Unknown village

Taken from Kibber

Another shot of Kibber village

Yak around Kibber

Traders from Ladakh walked for 5 days (westerners who do the trek do it in 9 days) all the way to Spiti to sell these yaks because apparently only male yaks can endure Spiti weather and therefore their yaks can't reproduce. Seems like yak sexism to me.

New Kaza

Bunch of government buildings.

Cool rock formation

I only managed to take this one but I've seen plenty of other. Very beautiful.

10th November 2006

Genevieve by the sea
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Débile!
Vraiment trop jolies les photos. Bravo!

3rd April 2007

Punit
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Must mind your words before typing in
I am sure you are not that educated enough to comment on any activity. You must mind your language before writing in about any area of any country. Read you blog self and trace couple of comments must to be changed.

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